Philly Had Highest Voter Turnout Since '84 As Final Votes Counted

PHILADELPHIA — The vote count in Philadelphia is officially completed and the city had the most votes cast in more than 30 years.

Officials said Tuesday that the city's last valid vote has been counted.

Philadelphia Supervisor of Elections Garrett Dietz Tuesday reported the final election results to Philadelphia City Commissioners Lisa Deeley, Omar Sabir, and Al Schmidt while formally announcing the results of the computation of the ballots for the general election.

In total, the city had 749,317 ballots cast.

Schmidt said this year's turnout is the highest since the 1984 general election.

That's a 66.35 percent voter turnout, as the city has 1,129,308 registered voters.

Of the 749,317 votes cast, 373,373 were mail-in ballots and 359,952 ballots were cast at polling places.

So what is the final count in the presidential election?

The city reports Joe Biden received 604,175 votes and President Donald Trump got 132,870. Libertarian candidate Jo Jorgensen got 4,854 votes and 2,067 votes were cast for write-in candidates.

In total, 743,966 ballots were cast in the presidential election, meaning 5,351 voters in Philadelphia did not choose a presidential candidate.

Deeley, Sabir, and Schmidt thanked elections staffers and voters for their efforts.

The vote count in Philadelphia has been in the national spotlight due to various allegations by Trump campaign and apparent death threats made to the City Commissioners offices.

City Commissioners also faced allegations of deceased Philadelphians casting ballots, including boxing legend Joe Frazier and Will Smith's father. No dead residents voted in 2020, officials said.

You can see results from all elections in Philadelphia here.